French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu just days after accepting his resignation, highlighting deep political instability in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron has reinstated Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, despite accepting his resignation earlier in the week following the collapse of his newly formed government.
“The president of the republic has named Mr Sébastien Lecornu prime minister and has charged him with forming a government,” the Élysée Palace announced on Friday.
The move ends a whirlwind five days in French politics. Lecornu unveiled a cabinet late Sunday, only for it to be publicly criticised by his own interior minister hours later. By Monday morning, he resigned a decision Macron initially accepted before tasking him with finding his own successor in a two-day round of consultations.
With no alternative emerging, Macron opted for continuity. Critics say the decision underscores France’s deepening political paralysis, drawing comparisons with Italy’s revolving-door governments.
Lecornu, who took nearly a month to assemble his short-lived first cabinet, is now expected to name a new team likely under far closer scrutiny.